"If you dig down a little bit
in how offshore banks and intermediate banking work, you would
understand that these things cannot involve just one single
bank," he said. "Everything must be analysed and understood in
the next few months."

At the same time, Falciani is still sceptical about the measures
the eurozone is putting in place against tax evasion: "Control
institutions are not independent enough," Falciani said,
referring to European tax authorities. "We should let other
institutions, like NGOs and associations of consumers, take part
in the control process."

In the interview, Falciani also accuses customers of HSBC and
other Swiss banks of using a "fiscal shield" to transfer their
capital back to Italy and France without further taxes on
it.

Falciani also denied he tried to sell the files before leaking to
them to the media. "That is completely false," he said. "For many
years my only goal was to collect files to hand down to the
inquirers. I don't care about my case. I know I am paying a price
that is unfair, but I don't care. I will keep fighting."

Falciani is being prosecuted in Switzerland for revealing banking
secrets and is living under the protection of the French
authorities.